Word: playfulness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...playing on Scrub No. 1 be at Norton's Field at 4 p. m., dressed to play...
Harvard made most of her ground on short gains through the centre, but was as a rule unable to pass Groton's ends. As a whole, the Freshman eleven did not play the hard, fast game they were capable of and were lacking in what may be called football instinct. On the defensive they were very uncertain. On one play Groton's backs would be thrown for a loss, but a moment later would gain by a simple trick...
...feel more keenly than any one else the mortification of Saturday's failure and are determined to set themselves right in the Pennsylvania game, their only opportunity. It is hardly necessary to add that the University feels confident that whatever the outcome of the game, the Harvard team will play in a manner to redeem itself...
This afternoon, at four promptly, the eleven will leave the Square to play its last, and, next to the Yale game, the most important game of the season. If ever a hearty send-off to the team and to the University, today is the time. So far, the chief fruit of the labor and self-sacrifice of coaches and players has been disappointment. The team have been criticized as few teams in the past have been and go to Philadelphia more or less under a cloud. That they will do all that men can to retrieve themselves goes without saying...
Throughout the practice the 'Varsity showed a lack of unity in their team play. However, this may have been due largely to the constant change of positions which of necessity brought forth individual play and prevented the men from getting together to any marked degree...